Past Events



Education & Inequality: Yilin Chiang

Workshop
“I Think I Qualify as an Elite: Cultural Capital and Education in Urban China”
Nov 1, 2013 at -

Yilin Chiang, PhD Student, Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania



Practice Job Talk - Emily Vala-Haynes

Oct 30, 2013 at -

 



Magali Sarfatti Larson

Colloquium
The Rise of Professionalism, Second Edition - Author-Meets-Critics Discussion
Oct 30, 2013 at -

Magali Sarfatti Larson, Professor Emeritus, Temple University



Urban Studies Annual Lecture: Mary Pattillo

"Black Picket Fences Revisited: Black Middle Class Neighborhoods in the 21st Century"
Oct 28, 2013 at -

Mary Pattillo(link is external), Harold Washington Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University, will be the 30th Annual Urban Studies Public…



Population Studies Center: Abigail Sewell

Colloquium
"Engine of Inequality? Political Economic Roots of Racial Health Disparities"
Oct 28, 2013 at -

Abigail Sewell(link is external), Post-Doctoral Fellow - The University of Pennsylvania



Family & Gender: Tina Wu

Workshop
"Just For Now: Childcare Work, Transient Work, and Emerging Adulthood"
Oct 25, 2013 at -

Tina Wu, PhD Student, Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania



Center for the Study of Contemporary China: Martin K. Whyte

"Is the Social Volcano Still Dormant? Trends in Chinese Attitudes toward Inequality"
Oct 24, 2013 at

Martin King Whyte(link is external), John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
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Practice Job Talk - Andrew Stokes

"Who Counts as Normal? Using Maximum Weight to Redefine Body Mass Index Categories in Studies of the Mortality Risks of Obesity"
Oct 23, 2013 at -

 



Practice Job Talk - Ning Hsieh

Oct 23, 2013 at -

 



Matthew Desmond

Colloquium
"The American Affordable Housing Crisis: Eviction, Exploitation, Poverty, and Survival"
Oct 23, 2013 at -

Matthew Desmond(link is external), Assistant Professor of Sociology and Social Studies, Harvard University

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